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Writers, whether published or not, struggle to get published, and struggle mightily with rejection. It is good for authors to remember that even the best have suffered through multiple rejections. That list includes Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, and J.K. Rowling.

Mental Floss Magazine has compiled a hilarious list. Click on the link to read seventeen of the most pathetic literary rejections from Louisa May Alcott to Kurt Vonnegut.

Paulette Zander

Based in Connecticut and New Mexico, Paulette X Zander’s short stories have been published in Crack the Spine, Everyday Fiction, 62nd Stories, Pearce Publications, Flash Fiction World and the Penman Review. She has been a guest blogger for Evo Cleaning, AV4 Home, Get Holistic Health, EJ-Fransen, The Cartridge Shop, 1st Angel, The Kitchen Hotline, Funds for Writers, and other websites.
Zander holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University. She is currently earning her MFA in creative writing at Lindenwood University.
She dispenses writing advice, random observations, and flash fiction on her blog, Ink to You: Rhetoric for the Masses. You can follow her digitally on Twitter at InktoYou and visit her Facebook page at Ink to You (https://www.facebook.com/InktoYou/)